This is an analysis of The Reproof by Charles Lamb.
Mamma heard me with scorn and pride
A wretched beggar-boy deride.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccddccXXeeffaaggXghh
- Stanza lengths: 26,
- Metre: 10110111 01010101 11111111 00001101 01011011 01111111 11011111 00110101 11000101 11110101 01011001 11111101 101101110 01010111 10101101 11110011 01010101 11010101 010111010 0010111010 11011111 11111101 11010110 11111101 11100101 10010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
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